Unit 6

Question 1

kidneys

Answer 1

removes waste from blood

Question 2

nephr/o

Answer 2

kidney

Question 3

ren/o

Answer 3

kidney

Question 4

renal pelvis

Answer 4

collects urine and passes to ureter

Question 5

pyel/o

Answer 5

renal pelvis

Question 6

ureter

Answer 6

carries urine from kidneys to bladder

Question 7

ureter/o

Answer 7

ureter

Question 8

bladder

Answer 8

hollow organ that holds urine

Question 9

cyst/o

Answer 9

bladder

Question 10

vesic/o

Answer 10

bladder

Question 11

urethra

Answer 11

passes urine from bladder to outside the body

Question 12

urethr/o

Answer 12

urethra

Question 13

urine

Answer 13

liquid waste produced by the kidneys

Question 14

urin/o

Answer 14

urine

Question 15

ur/o

Answer 15

urine

Question 16

-uria

Answer 16

urine

Question 17

albumin

Answer 17

type of protein

Question 18

albumin/o

Answer 18

albumin

Question 19

sugar

Answer 19

glucose; in urine sign of diabetes

Question 20

glyc/o

Answer 20

sugar

Question 21

glycos/o

Answer 21

sugar

Question 22

stones

Answer 22

form in the kidney and travel through urinary system

Question 23

lith/o

Answer 23

stones

Question 24

calculus

Answer 24

stones

Question 25

calculi

Answer 25

stones

Question 26

waste product

Answer 26

physicians use to diagnose kidney disorders

Question 27

urea

Answer 27

waste product

Question 28

UA/ua

Answer 28

urinalysis

Question 29

KUB

Answer 29

kidneys-
ureter-
bladder-

Question 30

IVP

Answer 30

intravenous pyelogram (a special x-ray exam of the kidney, bladder, and ureters)

Question 31

-gram

Answer 31

record, image

Question 32

cath

Answer 32

catheter/catheterization

Question 33

catheter

Answer 33

a flexible tube inserted into the bladder to drain urine

Question 34

ARF

Answer 34

acute renal failure (sudden kidney failure)

Question 35

CRF

Answer 35

chronic renal failure (loss of kidney function slowly over time)

Question 36

UTI

Answer 36

urinary tract infection (bacterial infection of bladder or urethra)

Question 37

BUN

Answer 37

blood urea nitrogen (test done to see how well kidneys are working)

Question 38

micturition

Answer 38

urination, excretion of urine from the body

Question 39

voiding

Answer 39

urination, excretion of urine from the body

Question 40

incontinence

Answer 40

involuntary urination

Question 41

enuresis

Answer 41

involuntary urination

Question 42

olig/o

Answer 42

scanty; few; very little

Question 43

oliguria

Answer 43

very little urine produced or excreted

Question 44

cystolithotomy

Answer 44

surgical incision to remove stone from the bladder

Question 45

noct/i

Answer 45

night

Question 46

nocturia

Answer 46

excessive urination at night

Question 47

uremia

Answer 47

blood in the urine

Question 48

-ptosis

Answer 48

drooping, sagging, floating

Question 49

nephroptosis

Answer 49

drooping, sagging, “floating” of the kidneys

Question 50

-pexy

Answer 50

surgical fixation

Question 51

nephropexy

Answer 51

surgical fixation of a floating kidney

Question 52

-tripsy

Answer 52

surgical crushing

Question 53

nephrolithotripsy

Answer 53

surgical crushing of a stone in the kidney

Question 54

hemodialysis

Answer 54

breaking down of blood

Question 55

hem/o

Answer 55

blood

Question 56

dia

Answer 56

through

Question 57

lysis

Answer 57

breaking down; destruction

Question 58

-rrhaphy

Answer 58

suturing (stitching)

Question 59

diuretic

Answer 59

agent that increases the amount of urine

Question 60

sepsis

Answer 60

infection that spreads through the bloodstream

Question 61

septic

Answer 61

pertaining to sepsis